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6 N.C. St. B. Newsl. 1 (1981)

handle is hein.barjournals/ncsbarnew0006 and id is 1 raw text is: The North Carolina Bar Newsietter Volume 6/Number 1/1981 A Bill To %e Entitled- An Act to Amend Chapter 84 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Relating to the North Carolina State Bar The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: Section 1. Chapter 84 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by striking the remainder of the first sentence of G.S. 84-2 following the word shall in the fourth line and inserting in lieu thereof the words engage in the private practice of law. and by amending G.S. 84-16 in the fourth paragraph thereof by striking out the first word 'only and inserting in lieu thereof the word all. Sec. 2. Chapter 84 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section immediately following G.S. 84-23.1, to be designated as G.S. 84-23.2 and to read as follows: G.S. 84-23.2, Additional Powers of the Council; Client Security Fund; Fee Arbitration. (a) This section is in addition to and not a limitation of the powers and responsibility of the Council set out in G.S. 84-23. To the extent that this section deals with the same powers and responsibilities, it shall be taken to be in amplification of those powers and not in derogation thereof. (b) The North Carolina State Bar Council is authorized, but not required, in its discretion, to establish a procedure for the reimbursement of clients for actual losses sustained resulting from the dishonest conduct of their attorneys. To accomplish this purpose the Council is authorized to allocate funds of the North Carolina State Bar to set up a security fund to protect clients from such losses, or to take such other action as it may deem appropriate to carry out this purpose, which procedure shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. (c) The North Carolina State Bar Council is authorized, but not required, in its discretion, to establish a procedure for the resolution of fee disputes between attorneys and clients which procedure shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro- lina. Section 3. G.S. 84-34 as it appears in the 1979 Cumulative Supplement to Vol. 2c of the General Statutes is amended by striking from line 3 the figures 1975 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures 1981, and by striking from line four the words and figures of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), and inserting in lieu thereof the words as shall be set by rule the North Carolina State Bar Council, promulgated under G.S. 84-21, and approved by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Sec. 4. Chapter 712 of the 1977 Session is amended in Section 2 thereof by striking out on lines 18 and 19 the words G.S. Chapter 84, Article 4, entitled 'North Carolina State Bar' and Chapter 744 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended in Section 1 thereof by striking out on line 3 the words Chapter 84, Article 4, entitled 'North Carolina State Bar.' which also appears and is stricken from line 42 of G.S. 143-34.12 of the 1980 Interim Supplement of the General Statutes of North Carolina which reads as follows: Chapter 84, Article 4, entitled 'North Carolina State Oar'. Section 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 6. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this Act shall become effective upon ratification. See explanation and further details on page &

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